Continuous roller drying-machine.



PATENTED AUG. 21, M306` l B. GOHNEN. CONTINUUUS ROLLER 'DRYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14. i006.

4 SHEETS-SHEET L PATBNTED AUG. 21.1906.

B. COIfNBN. CONTINUOUS ROLLER DRYING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 14. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

NO- 829.14l. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1.906. B. OOHNEN.

CONTINUOUS ROLLER DRYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION ILED JULY14.1905.

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4 SHEETS-SHEET s` NO- 829,141. PATENTED AUG. 21, 1906. B. GOHNBN.

CONTINUOUS RDLLBR DRYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 14.. 1905.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4 i material to hr: irratvd.'

Specialization of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application lllrl Joly 14: 1905. Serial Nui 269.587.

Bo ib known thm, i' ll'icrinomo (loii'rmw, fi

dent of (lr'evonliroiili. litio mn @d Certain 'Mimi und 'uezoful i'Mirow-monis ,in Continuous YL li -Drying-lil'iiziiiiicaofwhich the following is; wrifion'ioo Thin' invention f -liiizofiio il 'fiiiu-imiohiiios, und espeiziuliy to 'tiri/iiig--omvhincs for loose :o cotton and other hier` :.oxtilo nonlnriiil. in

dryingfnmnhinvs of this kind hithirto used the material was (lriorl without bring turned up and luoaenml in ordm" lo allow elio drying? air to come thoroughly in mim-il. with ihre The objoct nl' this; mention im: ihr von struction of si nifichinv io which iln :zmlminl is conveyed ci'mlinuoofilji lilronifii flip dry@ ing-ohirmhor ind collision iriwi" oo. o ns :if lli isi'igillsito direction to niort o iovrrriol iifioo Alion tho material.

Anotlwr olijvcl, of this im'ioi imi il: lo oonstruci a '.lrjfin Mmiohiiio in wiiiiili ilio fili-uo v5 sin-[noo upon w nel: Lilo hot oir muy onori iisv notion is as large: as iosimlfli: sind :noch longer Hum in :my lriaoliino hlihorio urz-2d.

A further object ol' ihn invfz'ition in lio pro-- vide a. drying-.moulinm .wiznlil'l @lilik-irai',-v .o tion in which the Workingr parti" am: uxiiosed to a minimum of tirar und 'wi-iu' mol whirl;

' onl necessitates very little motivo noia-011 ith those objects and oihvrs in www my invention Consists in il!!x omoliimzlion of ,5 parts as hereiniiflm: pointed ooi, and spoor fied in the appondod claims.

n the annexed drawings., Figure l isi o lo11- gitudinal voriiciil soclion oi my imjuovml tying-machina Fig. 2 is n fido ilrvnliion .o of Home,slwi,n; r thv driving im'floiniim, oortain parts boing omitted to simplify umlmrs. ig. 3 is a vertical transversal section upon line AB of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is :i similar Hoot/ion, on an enlarged seal u, showing the grilling of .5 the rollers. Fig. 5 shows o sido nlvvfition of the gearing of two horizontal sorics of rollers.: 7, and 8 Show lriiosvii'so siolions ofi Figs. 6 three alternato forms of rolle-ru.

i l le lmprovod drymgmniolnno oolsiprisvs l Fig. 4 are shown the front trimnons 3, proa, plurality of suporiosod moro or iluso liorizontal series of rol or 2, tho Inrnonions of! which traverse tho iront and rml' wulis ol' the l 5 casing and are suppored iu uoliilws of hairs secured to tho ours-ido of :mid rinsing. lni

jroling through the front Wall 4 and resting m flic notoires of thv 'oars 5. AQ stained, the will rollers 2 are: arranged irl snporposed horir/imtnl lnyorg a I) c d, Sw. V'llio lutter are iii-ranged. like baille-platos, so is to louve an opening (i ultormitnly al. tho right and at the loft of tho easing, is clvnrly shown by Fi Y. 1 of thv ilriiwingn. The casing 1 is provide at its top with a. laboral inlvl-ojmning 7, tlrou h whioh au rleviiior discharges the material to'lio irai-15ml At. the opposite lower end the casing proviilvd with iin outlet 3,throu l1 which thv. drioil nmtffrial (escapes. Upon t 1e bottom of Lim ironing; heatingqnipen l() are provirlvd. and iiir is forced into t'le apparatus through n. flooll, opening from below into thel timing hy ii blower l2 or otihr suitable appnrauei. The hot iiir ifsncpos from the casing l through n chimney 13, mounted upon the top of (plie lultvr. `The heatin pipfs l() may he disponsfd with when hoi; zur is directly delivered hy the blower l2.

All tlm rollers 2 of one horizontal series are romiod in si. dotorminml direction in order to mlnvoy tho material rooting upon them toward the openings of each serios e., the rollers of the uppormosl, sorics um Clockwise, those ol' ilu: Hei-,ond swims in tho op )osito (lirooiion, ihosfof ihr third serios rlockwiso, sind so on. Thu driving mechanism oomprim-S :i horizonlail rihiiit 14, mounted upon iin. iront woll of tho sawing and carrying the driving loon@ and fusi. iulloyS l5 16 und n worm 17, meshing with u, worm-whoel 18. Upon the .Qhiilil of the hitler om keyed two Sprocket-wheels 1H und 19, the former of whii'h drivin, by moans of tho olmin 20,-tl1e driving-wln^ol 2l of thv (elevator 8, while the othersprofrkobwliuvl '1U drives, hy moons of a, chain 22, u si rool ot-whool 23,1nounted upon a shall. Huila ily swurod 1.o the iop of bhe casing' l. Upon ilus slml't` of the sprockotnvheel 23 ko'yvd :i soi-,ond Sprocket 24', which by moans ol' :i i'lmin drives s rockoti-whcls `5, 2G. 2T, :ind 28, respectively koyid u )0n the prolongulml rlmnions of :my si itohle roller J ol' lim fir-st, iliird, filth, and s fveuth horizontal serios ol' rollers, respon ivcly. The rollors Limb; rotiiilrfil ooimmnnunl, their rota.- iion lo :ill tlm other rollers of th same series und to those ol' llmsfrics next hel w bymeans of simili sprorlnst-wlwels 29, key d upon the Lrunnions ol` :ill rollers naar the bars 5. A olmn Kil, meshing with the upper side of the sprookots of the serios containinglthe dri lingsprocket 25, 2G, 27, or 28 und hy tnvuns olI dirvvti11g-sprockets3l und 1&2 transmits ino tion to the upper sitlv of thv sprooltvts olthv next series of rollers, thus rvvvrsing` thv ilirvtftion of rotation of this sorivo. llutvs .'t. arranged at :L suituhlv small intvrvutl uhoro tho sprockets 29, provvnt thv vlmin 3f) voinintr ont of four with the Isnitl whvvls. lt will liv rvutlily svvn that ull driving1r pui-ts :irv sitoutvtl at tho outsitlv ol tho (lryingpvhunilivr, and thus protvotctl uguinst thv uvtion ol tho hot air and moisturv. 'lhv uvtion ot' thv transporting-rtllors 2 on thv loosv mutvriul to hv trvzltvrl is so vnvrgctiv that thvir nninhvr of rtvolntion` novil not, oxvvorl onv pvr minnto.

Tho vonstrutftion ot' thv rollvrs 2 muy Yuri' uvvortling to thv. mntvriul to hv trczitvtl, l loivv shown sovvrul svvtions in Figs. t' to N: hut it is untlvrstootl thuti thvsv forno` am' onl \Y givvn hy wziy ol oxnmplv und that l ilo not limit myxvlf tothvsvspvvinl tori|is:,\\-liivh muy hv vurivil without tlvpurtjinpr from thv soopv of my invvntion. ln thv l'orin Shown hy Fig. thv rollvr ii; voinponr-tl olu plurulit)l (Six) ol' L-shupvd hors 3l, thv ril) ot' uhivh is rlirvvtvtl tonurcl thcI outnillv, un intvrvul hvin; r lvl't hvtwvvn two hvighhoring hurra 'lluf vonstruvtton shown in ltigr. 7 vonipristy u plurulity ot' nilnilurtv-mrungvtl U-nh=ipvil lmrh` Si?, thv wings 3? oi whivh arv projvvting outu'urtlly. ln thv` forni l\`hovrn l` ylt`ig- S thv rollvr i i|nply voniposml ot n ywvrivy ol Ilnt hnrn 34 without rmlinlly-projvvtingf rilisA 'l`hv rows ol rollvrs instvuel of living horizontail muyaihio hv:Jightlyinvlinvthso :is tohivili*A tutv thv trnnupo'rt oll thonnttvriul. llouhringr nhout thiI (litl'vrvnt Hpvvoinls; ol thv imA riom trnino oll rollvrrv it wvll itnon'n in invvhunivu of :ill ltintls,l liuto not tlvolnvtl it nvr*- vssury to illnstrutvitnir; it woulil vary withthv ntrlivulnr uso to whit-h thv lnuvhinv wus to iv pnl unil thv ohuruvtvr ol' thv nmtvrml to liv ttiutvtlL 'lhv funvtion of my ini irovvil tlryingnnzi.- vhinv is its follows: 'l'ho l) owvr l2 is stuttvtl, stvion supplivtl to thv livoting-pipvs It), :intl ro tztlion impurtvil to tho rollvrs 2 :intl thv vlvrotor-N. 'lhvn thv looso inutvrinl to hv trvutvil ix supplie-tl to thv vlvvutor N, whit-h tli\vvinti-grs it through tho opvnin;r 7 on thv nppvrnnmt luyvr r1 of rollvrs, rlhvsv l'ollvrn ro titling` vlovltwisv vonrvy thv liizttvriftl vontinnonxl)v troni thv lvl`t to thv right notil it hills through thv opvning t', :irrnngvtl hvt u'vvn tho right vntlot tho rollvrsvl'ivs o :uol thv sitlo woll ol' thv mixing, thv mutvriul living prvvvnt "il l'roin tolling' through thv intvrvziln lvl't hvtuivo tho rollvrs of thv Hznnv svrivs hy tho rilu of thv rollvr unil thv nurrowiivsn oflthvso nitvruuls. 'lhv n'nitvrinl is thus votivvyvtl' in u vontinnous nuinnvr through tho :imnirutns from th'v top to tho 1nottoni ol' tho luttvr, vf lrvtiog'zt ZigUVJLg--lilw trzwvl. During' its wholo truvvl through thv muuhinv tho nnttvriul is most thoronghl)Y :ivtvtl upon hy tho hot nir risin;r hvtu'vvn thv rollvrs ot onv Svrivs through thv nnttvriol :intl truvvling through ti.v zigzag itx 'l`hv uvtion of thv hot :tir is most olli- (fivnt, owingi to tho purtivulzir :irrungvmvnt tlvsvrihvtl uhovv, :intl thv tlr \'inir :it-tion of thv` upptii'ut no Inu)r hv vontrollval in. :t rvr)V otitisfxivtot'y nninnvr hy vontrollingr thv lspvotl of tho vvntilntor, thv spvvil olI thv vlvviitor, tho rzuliziting vtl'ovt ot' thv stvuni hvuting-pipvs, mul thv spvvtl of rotation of thv rollvrs.

lluvintr now hilly tlosorihvil my louitl. invention, whut l vlutiniy` :nul rlvoirv to svouro hy livttors lntvnt,

t. ln u tlrying-nnwhino of thv vluns lcsvrihvtl, thv r-otnhinution with :t musing, of u. plurality ol'supvrposotl snhstnntiullly horizontul rows ol` juxtu iosvil rollvrs, so ntuggvrotl thut opvnintrh` nro lvft itt oppositv Untis of vut-ih pztir of rows hvtwvon tht` lout l'ollvrs of the row :intl thv uhutting woll ol' thc casing, invinist forrotntin;t thv rollvrb of onv svrios or row .in ono t irvvtion so :is to trunsport the nuitvriul tonnrtl thv opvnint,r ut its und, und :nonno [or rotzit in;r tho rollvry of tho next so rivb` hvlow in un opposito rlirvvtion, moons for vontinuousty t'vvtling thv nintvritil to ho trontorl to tho top rou :intl inviins for producing v vul-ront of hot zur in thv mining in u fliroction Iwuhstzintiully oppositvy to that ol thv travel of tho niutvrinl to hv trvutotl.

2. ln :i h' \'in|nuohino of tho Class dolwvrihvii, thv vomhinution with u musing, of u. plurtilit)Y of suporposvtl ulmtontiiilly horizontol rows ol' jnxtit iosvtl rollors, so Stnggorod that oponingn :irv lvl't :it oppositv ontls of auch puit' til row` livt\\'vvn thv lust rollvrs of the row :intl thv :ihutting vnill of thv owing, tnvuns for proiluviirgr :i vurrvnt of hot. :tir 1n tho mining in o lit-vvtion snhotnntinlly opposito to thnt ol' tht` tron'vl ol nnttvfrinl to be trvntvtl, :i Aopiivltvt-whvvl kvyvtl upon the trunnion ol' n, snitulilv rollvt' of vaitfhil'ow and rotutvtl in tho mmv lirvvtion hy invuns of al, tlriving-vlniin, u. pouvrslnil't, n. sprookvtwhvvl driving thv lri\'in;'vhuin kvyvtl u )on thv vntl ol' thv trunnion ol van-th rollvr :intl un ontllvss I prov| vtv|non vngngingon thv iositle ol' onv hip uml ou thi` outnitlo ol' thv other riprtivltvt-trni|w olI ntijnc'vnt rows of lollvt'n', whvrvhj' thv rollvrootl thv two rouhy nrv vatuxvtl to iotuttv in oppositv tiirvvtions.

C. ln o,'lrying--nnnvhiuv o|` thiI vluss tlvlwrilivtl, thv votnhinzitio'n uith n. raising, of zi, plurality ol snpvrposvat stilistztntiully horizontzil now otl juxtuposvtl rollvrs, so staigrgvrvtl that opvning` zit'v lvl't nl oppositv vuelo ol'ouuh piiir ol` row` hvtwvvn thv lust rollvts ol'` tho row :nul tho zihuttin.;l will ol` the vnsing, invano lor protluvingn vurrvnt olfhot, uit in thv mining nl u tlirvvtion suhstztntiully tippt sitoto thut ol tho trttvvl otI xnzitoriul to ho troittvtl, n, sprlivltvt-whvvl ltvyetl upon tho trunnion of a suitable roller of each rowand rotated in the same direction by means of a. driving-chain, a power-shaft, a sprocket- Wheel driving the driving-ohain keyed u on the end of the trunnion of each roller stufen endless sprooketol1uin engaging on the inside of one lap and on the outside of the other sprocket-trains of adjacent rows of rollers,

whereby the rollers of the two rows are caused 4 L1 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two Witnesses.

BERNHARD ooHNE. Witnesses WILLIAM KUEPPERS. JoH. SoHoLz. 

